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THE WINNING OF FUJI '''''■ 



A JAPANESE PLAY IN ONE ACT 



BY 

EUNICE T. GRAY 



Copyright, 1909, by The Dramatic Publishing Company 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 

THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY 






CI.D 17367 



TMP92- 009326 



CAST OF CHARACTl^RS. 

Fuji, the beautiful daughter of General Matsu. 

YuKi, her friend. 

Madam Matsu, her mother. 

General Matsu, her father. 

Lieutenant Kito, her lover. 

Baron Omoto, an elderly rival. 



This little play is adapted to amateur performance, and is 
especially planned to be given for an outdoor entertainment 
or garden party. 

The interior of a Japanese house open to the audience is 
the setting for the first scene, at the end of which the sliding 
partitions are closed and the rest of the scene takes place in 
the little garden which surrounds the house. In case the 
play is given out of doors the stage should be set among 
shrubbery or small trees, a curtain should be hung about 
four feet in front of the house (a summer house can be 
utilized or an impromptu house can be contrived with screens 
or lattice work lined with heavy paper). The space between 
the curtain and entrance to the house should give ample 
room for the performance of scenes two and three. Shrub- 
bery or large plants should be grouped around the left center 
of stage and a garden seat set near them. In scene one 
Yuki approaches the house from the front (entrance right). 
It would add to the general Japanese character of the play 
to have Yuki enter in a jinrikisha drawn by a coolie, but 
this is not necessary. She is met and greeted at left center 
of open house by Fuji. The house of Fuji should be simply 

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THE WINNING OF FUJI. 



furnished in Japanese fashion. A few mats on the floor, A 
low tea-table, a large vase with flowers in it, and a bowl of 
gold fish set on a tabouret, a few pictures and a lacquer chest 
would be appropriate. The tea-tray used in scene one 
should contain full Japanese tea-service. 





Fuji's house 






Exit 


Right 


'lea 
table 


Mat 


Flowers 


Tabouret 

O 

Bowl of 
goldfish 






Mat 1 




J Garden 


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1=1 

Steps 

Left 

Plants, etc. 








Walk 






Entrante 









The effectiveness of the little play will depend upon its 
strictly Japanese character and upon the music which is used 
at introduction of each scene. The author has suggested 
the music from The Geisha, M7?ie. Butterfiy and The Little 
Tycoon^ but other appropriate music could be used effectively. 



THE WINNING OF FUJI 



SCENE I. 

Scene. — Living room in a Japanese house. Fuji 
arranging flowers. 

Time. — Early afternoon. 

Music from the Geisha. 

YuKi approaches on path in jinrikisha drawn hy hoy or 
walks in. 

Fuji comes forward to meet her. 

Fuji. Greeting, Yuki-san. You are as welcome as 
the cherry blossoms in spring-time, 

YuKi [Alights from jinrikisha drawn hy hoy]. Greet- 
ing, Fuji-san. 

Fuji. Come into my humble house. You honor me 
with your presence. 

YuKi. Fuji-san, I am so happy to see you again, and 
to enter your charming house. How is your honorable 
mother ? 

Fuji. My honorable mother is well. She is gone to 
spend the day with my aunt. I hope your honorable 
mother is well also. 

YuKi. Thank you, she is quite well. Has your august 
father returned yet, 

Fuji. My father is still in Nagasaki with his regiment. 

YuKi. How sweet your blossoms are, dear friend. 
Your garden is favored of the gods. 

Fuji \ Mysteriously].. My poor flowers were forced to 
bloom, Yuki-san. 

YuKi [Surpiised]. How? 

Fuji. T whispered a great secret to them — Yuki-san, 
and they opened their ears to hear it! [Langhs gaily]. 

YuKi [Laughing]. A secret — T felt it in the air — I 

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6 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 

could hardly wait to reach you. My boy crawled like a 
tortoise. 

Fuji. Come, be seated on my poor mat, and I will tell 
tell you all about it. [They are seated'] 

YuKi. I am all ears. 

Fuji. Yuki-san, you remember the handsome young 
soldier who carried our parasols at the cherry-blossom 
festival ? 

YuKi. The honorable Kito? That splendid young 
lieutenant lately returned from the frontier? 

Fuji. Y"es, it is he. Such a brave, handsome young 
soldier. 

[Both nod in agreetnent.'] 

YuKi. Have you seen him again? 

Fuji. I have seen him and talked with him ! Y^esterday 
I went shopping with my mother and we met Lieutenant 
Kito in the street. He turned and came home with us, 
walking by my jinrikisha all the way. 

YuKi. Fuji, how interesting! Does your mother 
approve ? 

Fuji [Doubtfully']. I am afraid not. She did not ask 
him to come again, and she questioned me closely about 
him when we were alone. Oh, but he is a very charming 
man! 

Y^UKi. And Fuji-san is a very charming maiden. 
Did he not discover that fact ? 

Fuji. [Shyly]. He didn't say much about it, but — 
Yuki, he is to be at the ambassador's garden party! 
[Maid enters with tea.] 

Yuki. How fortunate ! And when your mother meets 
him there with all tliat distinguished company and sees how 
well he appears among them she will change her mind, I'm 
sure of that, Fuji dear. 

Fuji [Shakes her head]. Y^ou do not know my honor- 
able mother. She never changes her mind when once she 
has made it up. 

Yuki. But she loves you and will not see you unhappy ! 

Fuji. A dutiful child finds happiness in obedience. 

YuKT. True, but, Fuji-san, does not every maiden 
lind joy in a lover ? 



THE WINNING OF FUJI. 7 

Fuji. When be is noble and good. 

YuKi. Like Lieutenant Kito. 

Fuji [Nods and sighs]. If my august father were at 
home he might. — But no — he is too busy, and he will not 
be home from Nagasaki until the official appointments have 
all been announced. But come, dear Yuki, I should not 
worry my guests about my aifairs. Let me give you some 
tea, and do tell me what you are to wear at the garden 
party. 

[Serves tea.'] 

Yuki. My honorable mother is planning my kimono 
this afternoon with my sister. I think it will be gray 
crepe with white plum blossoms scattered over it. 

Fuji. How lovely! And will you have a new obi? 

Yuki. Mother thinks the one I have will do, but I 
hope I may have a new one. 

Fuji [Animatedly]. I am to have a new obi — a present 
from my aunt in Yokohama, silver and blue and brown, 
soft and thick and wide, to be worn with a new blue 
kimono. I shall feel like a princess in it. 

Yuki. And look like one too, dear one. Your tea is 
delicious and I dote on these cakes. 

Fuji. They are very poor things. You are good to say 
you like them. [Rises, picks a spray of flowers from the 
vase, hums lightly strains of the Amorous Goldfish.] 

Yuki. Dreaming of lieutenants ? 

Fuji. Yes, and singing of them too. [Both hum a 
little of the song, stand looking into the howl of goldfish, 
then accompanied hy orchestra or piano the two sing The 
Amorous Goldfish or A Japanese Love Song.] 

Fuji. Do you think I will appear well at the garden 
party, Yuki dear ? 

Yuki. You will look like the lovely blossom whose 
name you bear. Indeed, my dear, there will be no one 
there so beautiful. [Jinrihisha comes up]. Oh, here is 
my jinrikisha. Must say good-bye, dear friend, twilight 
falls. 

Fuji. Yuki-san, the time has flown like the wind in 
the autumn. Must you go ? 

Yuki. The hours have flown like winged birds, and 
they have been full of joy. 



8 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 

Fuji. Come again soon, my dearest. 

YuKi. I shall wait impatiently for a visit from you. 
Come soon, Fuji-san, my poor flowers will not bloom till 
you come. 

Fuji. [Assists Yuki to jinrihisha]. I will see you at 
the garden party. 

Yuki. Yes, and we will see the honorable lieutenant 
also. 

Fuji. Oh yes, you will see him. He is a very brave 
soldier. Yuki-san, do you think my honorable mother 
will ever like him;? 

Yuki. I am sure she will. 

Fuji. Good-bye. 

Yuki. Good-bye. 

[Exit Yuki right entrance.'] 
\ Lights are loivered, evening has come. Maid enters, re- 
moves tea tray, draws blind shut in front of house. 
Fuji assists her and goes off the stage rear exit, into 
adjoining room.] 
[Music. Japanese Love-Song. Enter Lieutenant Kito, 
right entrance. Sings serenade before closed house.] 

Lieut. Kito [Enters with flowers in hands, singing. 
Approaches house, looking up. Calls softly] Fuji-san, 
little flower-girl! [No response] Fiiji-san, I am 
unworthy your notice, but accept the flowers of my devo- 
tion. [Places flowers on door-step. Fuji pushes blind 
back slightly.] Star of heaven — 

Fuji. Oh, you must go away ! 

Kito. Do not send me away ! 

Fuji. You must go away at once, do not stay. My 
honorable mother will be very angry if she knows you are 
here. 

Kito. Fuji-san, it grieves me to have found disfavor 
with your honorable mother. What have I done to dis- 
please her? 

Fuji. I do not know, but she was very much displeased 
when she saw us talking together yesterday. Do go now, 
before she hears our voices. 

Kito. Fuji-san, you do not find me displeasing also? 
[Fuji makes no reply.] Speak to me, little wisteria 



THE WINNING OF FUJI. 9 

blossom, is there not that in your heart that bids me stay? 
Let your heart speak, Fuji-san. Your lips are closed 
like the petals of a rosebud, but in your heart the flower 
is unfolding. Fuji-san, is it not so ? 

Fuji [Picks up floivers]. My mother has spoken to me 
severely. I must not talk to you or listen to your words. 

KiTO. I know I am not worthy of the daughter of so 
brave a general as your father, — and yet I have much to 
be proud of — I am not ashamed to ask your honorable 
parents to listen to my suit. 

Fuji. My mother has other plans, I fear, so Lieutenant 
Kito, go. Perhaps it may be if I am obedient and you 
offend her no further, she will be more lenient. 

Kito. And your august father, is he also displeased ? 

Fuji. My honorable father is not at home, but he 
values my honorable mother's opinion very highly. My 
father is a great soldier and he exacts obedience from his 
children as from his army. 

Kito. Fuji-san, I have never seen anyone so fair, so 
beautiful as you; you are an obedient daughter, I will not 
be a stumbling-block in your path of duty, but I shall not 
grow discouraged. Next week I shall attend the Ambas- 
sador's garden party, and I expect to meet you and your 
honorable mother there, and perhaps change her opinion of 
my worthless self. 

Fuji [Agitatedly']. Oh! go, dear Lieutenant! I hear 
someone coming. Hasten ! Yes, I will see you at the 
garden party, if my honorable mother will permit me. 

Kito. I will go [Turns away, turns bach~\ but, Fuji- 
san, give me some token, some sign of your heart, — Oh, 
dear one — [Mother calls'] 

Mother. Fuji — daughter ! 

Fuji. Go! [Throivs doivn floit-er — Kito comes for- 
ward and picks it up — Mother suddenly appears and closes 
Mind quickly'] 

Kito [Looks at fower while he talks]. Little blossom, 
so sweet, so pure, so fair! Like the beautiful Fuji, — little 
wisteria blossom, flower of my heart. [Kisses flower] 
May you grow in the sunshine of my love, Fuji. [Looks 
hack at closed hlind] And may I be strong to cherish 
and protect you. 

CURTAIN. 



10 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 



SCENE II. 

Scene — Some as Scene I, Yuki and Fuji walking in 
in the garden. 

Time — Morning. 

Yuki. — And what did you do then, Fuji? 

Fuji. I must have turned pale. I caught my breath 
and spoke very hurriedly, but very low, for my honorable 
mother stood just outside the arbor. I begged him to go, 
but he was very much excited and stood there clasping my 
hand and refusing to go one inch till I had told him he 
might ask my parents. 

Yuki. Fuji-san — bow romantic ! 

Fuji. He said my honorable mother did not, could not, 
understand. He begged to be allowed to come to our home 
and explain everything; that he knew what he had to say 
would certainly make a difference. 

Yuki. What did you say then? 

Fuji. I told him that if — if — he really loved me he 
would say no more, for my mother could not forgive my 
unmaidenly conduct of a few evenings ago. 

Yuki. That was very unfortunate that she should have 
discovered the Lieutenant serenading you, 

Fuji. I do not think she would have been so severe if it 
had not been for the flower which I threw to him. 

Yuki. Fuji-san, did she see you do that? 

Fuji. No, but she asked me to tell her all that had 
happened, and — 

Yuki. And did you tell her? 

Fuji. I could not deceive her. 

Yuki. No, Fuji, you could not deceive your honorable 
parents. You have been well trained; you are a true 
daughter. Lieutenant Kito has great reason to be 
courageous and persistent in wooing the loyal Fuji-san. 

Fuji [Sighsl. He is a brave lover. I am unworthy 
such a hero. 

Yuki. Will not your honorable mother change her 
mind ? 

Fuji. [Sadly']. My honorable mother never changes her 
mind unless my august father changes it for her, — and she 



THE WINNING OF FUJI. H 

told me to-day that my father did not favor the suit of a 
poor young soldier like Lieutenant Kito. Yuki-san, I 
fear the love-god has looked at me only to turn away and 
leave me cold and lonely. 

YuKi. Dear Fuji, do not sigh. Lieutenant Kito is so 
brave and so earnest he will find a way. 

Fuji [Smiles — puts hand to a letter hid in her dress]. 
Yes, he will try, he is not to be discouraged. I left him in 
the arbor that afternoon, and returned to my mother and 
stayed dutifully by her all the afternoon, as you saw me, 
but after all — he found a way. 

YuKi. Did you see him again? 

Fuji. No, I did not see him again, — but — Yuki-san, 
I am a very miserable girl. I feel so guilty — but oh ! so 
happy — [Draws out letter']. 

YuKi. He wrote to you ! 

Fuji. Last night he came beneath my window again 
and called softly, but I dared not open my blind. I stood 
inside trembling with fear. All was still. I thought he 
had gone away, then I saw a corner of white paper slip 
under the blind. I pulled it in quickly, and hid it in my 
kimona lest my mother enter and see it. I have deceived 
her in this, Yuki, but is not a love-letter sacred? It 
belongs not alone to me, but to him who sent it. It is not 
mine to give, — and — she has not asked me for it. 

Yuki. I cannot believe it would be wrong to hide a 
love-letter. 

Fuji [Unfolds letter]. This is it, Yuki. I have 
carried it here all day though I have trembled at every 
breath lest my mother should hear it rustle. 

Yuki [Looks at letter with interest]. The handwriting 
is very fine. Fuji-san, [^Curiosity thinly veiled] does 
he express himself well? 

Fuji [Rapturously]. Yuki-san, have you ever re- 
ceived a love-letter? 

Yuki [Shakes her head. Girls seat themselves.] 

Fuji. The language of love has wings like a dove. 

Yuki [Looking at letter]. A love-letter must be very 
interesting. 

Fuji [Reads to herself a little]. Yuki, Lieutenant 
Kito is a very remarkable man. His letter is — is more 



12 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 

interesting than — Yuki, would you not like to hear this 
one beautiful line ? 

YuKi [Eagerly^. Of course, if you would — I — well, 
yes — Fuji — I think it is well to know about these things. 

Fuji [Eeads^. " The wind and the grass and the leaves 
are whispering to me of you. Wisteria, softly and sweetly 
they whisper — 

YuKi. Why — Fuji-san, he is a poet ! 

Fuji. " You bade me forget you — as easily forget the 
sacred mountain whose name you bear, Fuji-san, I can 

never forget you [Hesitates^ and you " he writes very 

beautifully — but — Yuki, I think his most beautiful 
words are for me only. [Takes letter tacl:.'] 

Yuki. Yes — Fuji-san, I would not enter the sacred 
temple which he has built for you. 

Fuji [Eeads a little more — turns to Y^uki, letter still 
in hand, smiling radiantly']. He is a very noble lover, is 
he not, Yuki-san. This poor maiden would gladly 
promise him her hand, but ah — Yuki, Yuki, [Sadly] it 
can never be, Yuki-san, my poor heart is very sad. 

Yuki. Have courage, dear. I cannot believe that a 
heart so pure and tender should lose the smiles of the love- 
god. 

Fuji. I have not told you all. I cannot yet believe it. 
He came to me as a crushing blow — and Yuki — it is a 
secret which I should not even share with you — But 

Yuki. Fuji-san, what is it? Your mother has not 
punished you any more severely for your wilful love? 

Fuji. She does not regard it as a punishment. Yuki, 
she has chosen for me a husband — she has given him her 
word that if my august father will allow it I shall marry 
him, Yuki-san, marry him before the fete of autumn 
leaves. 

Yuki. Has chosen another! Fuji-san, who is to 
steal the prize of the brave good Lieutenant. What coward 
dare ? 

Fuji. Hush ! He is not a coward, — he too is a brave 
soldier, a man of rank and wealth, one worthy of the 
family; but — Yuki, he is old and grizzly and ugly and 
fat! 



Yuki. Ugh! Fuji, who is this man; 



THE WtNXING OF ITJI. 13 

Fuji. Baron Omoto! 

YuKi. What, the rich Baron Onioto ! 

Fuji. Yes, it is he, but you must not tell it to any one. 
He is very jealous and has hedged my mother about with 
all sorts of precautions for fear I may be lost before he has 
rlairned me. 

YuKi. These plans must have been going on for some 
time. 

Fuji. Y"es, I can see it all now. While I was playing 
gaily like other girls, and dreaming a little, and planning a 
little, mother — my honorable mother was taking all my 
future into her own hands, and now 

Y^UKi. Fuji-san, you must not yield to this cold, 
heartless plan. 

Fuji. My mother has commanded, I must obey. 

Y^UKi. But you cannot love this man — why, Yuki, he 
has already had two wives, the Lady Baroness Omoto died 
less than a year ago. It will be wicked for you to sacrifice 

your heart, your soul, to this rich old Fuji-san, don't, 

I implore you ! 

Fuji. " After sacrifice comes the blessings of the gods." 

YuKi. Y'ou are too yielding, too conscientious — 

Fuji. I dare not disobey, Y^uki, there you have the 
truth. I have never disobeyed — I have no power to do so 
now — but [Dr^aws out letter.'] Yuki-san, it is very, very- 
hard — and I do not think I can ever forget. Do you think 
1 might keep this letter ? 

Yuki. Ah, poor Fuji-^keep it — yes — ^l3ut it will be a 
sorry comfort. 

Fuji \ Spreads out letter on lap and reads]. I cannot 
part with it — it is more precious to me 

Mother [Approaches from house, appears behind girls.] 
What are you reading, my daughter? 

Fuji. [Jumps up startled]. A — poem — honorable 
mother ! 

Mother [Holds out hand]. What kind of a poem? 

Fuji. A love poem, honorable mother. 

Mother. The eyes of a mother must see into the heart 
of her child. 

Fuji. honorable mother it is a letter to me. 



14 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 

Mother. A good child shares her heart secrets with 
her mother. 

Fuji. I cannot [Weeps, holds letter]. 

YuKi. 0, honorable lady, can you not see it is a love- 
letter, a letter which is very dear to her? 

Mother. Am I to meet with resistance in the child of 
my friend as well as in my own family? [Severelyl 
The letter, Fuji. 

[Fuji hands letter to Mother. Yuki clings to her.] 

CURTAIN. 



SCENE III. 



Scene same as Scene II. House closed. Time — Dusk, 
Music. 

[Enter Lieutenant Kito.] 

KiTO. The house of my little flower-girl — do I dare 
approach her door? Strange what cowards love makes of 
men! I could face the guns of all Russia's army more 
easily than I could ask Madam Matsu for her daughter's 
hand; yet that is what brings me here. I am brave after 
all; yes, I believe I am. Have I not been forbidden the 
house, the grounds, yes, even the air that sweet Fuji 
breathes — I have been told to take myself off — anywhere — 
away out of her sight — but — I could not go. I have hung 
around here broken-hearted, sighing and complaining 
[Disgustedly] and doing nothing. But now, to-night, I 
am brave and bold. Dear child, she needs me. [Talces 
out note.] Only a line sent by the faithful Yuki, but 
it has brought me here full of hope, fear, and determina- 
tion. '^ I am promised to Baron Omoto ; I have but to 
obey." Loyal Fuji, not a word of complaint, of bitterness, 
yet I know she calls me and hopes against hope that I may 
save her. Yes, I will win. Youth and courage and love 
against wealth and rank and craftiness. Madam Matsu 
shall listen to-night to my suit — to my explanation, 
[Approaches door.] 

[Baron Omoto comes on stage, Kito turns,'] 



THE WINNING OF FUJI. 15 

KiTO. Whom have we here — the honorable Baron 
Omoto. 

Omoto. What seek you at the house of General Matsu ? 

KiTO [Boldly]. I have come to ask for the hand of the 
fair daughter of the august General Matsu. 

Omoto. Too late, my young lieutenant. The honor- 
able and wise General Matsu has already chosen a husband 
for his young dove. 

KiTO. And has she given him her hand and love as 
wisely and willingly? 

Omoto. She has accepted, as every loyal daughter 
should, the choice of her august parents. 

KiTO. Her heart has not accepted this lover, her heart 
is mine. Stand back. [KiTO approaches door.] honor- 
able Baron Omoto, I have come to win from the parents of 
the little flower-girl the promise which will bring joy to her 
tender heart. 

Omoto. What folly ! Do you think to win against me ? 
You — with nothing but youth, poverty, inexperience 

Kito. Love knows neither rank nor riches — [Goes to 
door again]. The fair Fuji shall never be the wife of the 
honorable Omoto. [Kito stands before him.] Make way. 

Omoto [Dratcs weapon.'] I have a right here and I am 
prepared to defend my rights. 

Kito [Draws weapon]. I, too, have a right, and am 
prepared. 

[Father appears at door, lighted interior, Mother and 
Fuji inside alarmed.^ 

Father. Who are you ? What do you want at the door 
of General Matsu, — drunken soldiers in a fight? 

Omoto. General Matsu 



Father. I'll call the guard, this is- 



Kito. Not drunken soldiers, but rivals in love — We 
crave your pardon, sir, forgive this turmoil at your door. 

Father. Rivals in love — what — Ah, I perceive. Now, 
the honorable Omoto, you are an inpetuous [Baron ap- 
proaches.'] lover for one of your years. [Sarcastically.'] 

Omoto. Sir — this impudent rascal dares tell m.e he 
loves your daughter. 

Kito. Yes, sir, and your daughter loves me. 

Father. You — my daughter 



10 THE WINNING OF FUJI. 

KiTO. And it is to gain your consent to our marriage 
that I came to-night — It was my bad fortune to meet at 
your door the honorable Baron Omoto, who claims to be 
the promised husband of the beautiful Fuji. 

Father [Approaches Kito]. Man — do you dare to 
trifle with the will of a father? [Starts suddenly] 

Kito. Have you forgotten me? 

Father [Takes him heartily by the hand]. Lieutenant 
Kito, how came you here? 

Kito. Seeking the hand of your daughter, sir. 
[Baron looJcs on sullenly.] 

Father. Welcome to our house, my brave boy. Wife, 
this is the noble young soldier who saved my life at Port 
Arthur. 

[Mother and Fuji approach.] 

Mother. Lieutenant Kito your rescuer? And I have 
refused him the hospitality of our home! 

Father. Such blindness ! Come, my dear Lieutenant 
Kito, let us make amends. 

Mother. I did not know, I did not dream. 
[Kito and Fuji talking.] 

Father [To Baron]. Sir, I have apologies to make. 
My first obligation is to this brave young comrade who 
risked his life to carry me to a place of safety in the fierce 
fire of the battle of Port Arthur. But I have accepted 
you as the suitor of my dear daughter, — though I confess I 
felt the affair in my wife's hands, — the decision is now in 
the hands of my daughter. Fuji, speak. 

Omoto. Eemember, you are promised to me — 
[Fuji looks from one to the other timidly, then moves to- 
wards Lieutenant.] 

Father. Answer, daughter. 

Fuji. I think you owe Lieutenant Kito a life, father. 



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Chapter III. The IVIake-up Box. Grease-Paints. Mirrors, Face 
Powder and Puff, Exora Cream, Rouge. Liquid Color, Grenadine, 
Blue for the Eyelids, Brilliantine for the Hair, Nose Putty, Wig 
Paste. Mascaro, Crape Hair, Spirit Gum, Scissors, Artists' Stomps, 
Cold Cream, Cocoa Butter, Recipes for Cold Cream. 

Chapter IV. Preliminaries before Making up; the Straight Make- 
up and how to remove it. 

Chapter V. Remarks to Ladies. Liquid Creams, Rouge. Lips, 
Eyebrows, Eyelashes, Character Roles, Jewelry, Removing Make-up. 

Chapter VI. Juveniles. Straight Juvenile Make-up, Society 
Men, Young Men in 111 Health, with Red Wigs, Rococo Make-up, 
Hands, Wrists, Cheeks, etc. 

Chapter VII. Adults, Middle Aged and Old Men. Ordinary Type 
of Manhood, Lining Colors, Wrinkles, Rouge, Sickly and Healthy 
Old A?e, Ruddy Complexions. 

Chapter VIII. Comedy and Character Make-ups. Comedy Ef- 
fects, Wigs. Beards, Eyebrows. Noses, Lips, Pallor of Death. 

Chapter IX. The Human Features. The Mouth and Lips, the 
Eyes and Eyelids, the Nose, the Chin, the Ear, the Teeth. 

Chapter X. Other Exposed Parts of the Human Anatomy. 

Chapter XI. Wigs, Beards, Moustaches, and Eyebrows. Choosing 
a Wig, Powdering the Hair, Dimensions for Wigs, Wig Bands, Bald 
Wigs, Ladies' Wigs, Beards on Wire, on Gauze, Crape Hair, Wool, 
Beards for Tramps, Moustaches, Eyebrows. 

Chapter XII. Distinctive and Traditional Characteristics. North 
American Indians, New England Farmers, Hoosiers, Southerners, 
Politicians, Cowboys, Minors, Quakers, Tramps, Creoles, Mulattoes, 
Quadroons, Octoroons, Negroes. Soldiers during War, Soldiers dur- 
ing Peace, Scouts, Pathfinders, Puritans, Early Dutch Settlers, 
Englishmen, Scotchmen, Irishmen, Frenchmen, Italians, Spaniards, 
Portuguese, South Americans, Scandinavians, Germans, Hollanders. 
Hungarians, Gi]osies, Russians, Turks, Arabs, Moors, Caffirs. Abys- 
sinians, Hindoos, Malays. Chinese, Japanese, Clowns and Statuary, 
Hebrews, Drunkards, Lunatics, Idiots, Misers, Rogues. • 

Address Orders to 
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY 

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 
r^nry r^vz^ ro CAT O'V. 



NOV 27 1909 



PLAYS. 



BEING the largest theatrical booksellers in 
the United States, we keep in stock the most 
complete and best assorted lines of plays and 
entertainment books to be found in this country. 

We can supply any play or book pub- 
lished. We have issued a 144-page catalogue 
of the best 1500 plays and entertainment books 
published in the U. S. and England. It con- 
tains &. full description of each play, giving 
number of characters, time of playing, scenery, 
costumes, etc. This catalogue will be sent free 
on application. 

The plays described are suitable for am- 
ateurs and professionals, and nearly all of them 
may be performed free of royalty. Persons in- 
terested in dramatic books should examine oui 
oatalogue before ordering elsewhere. 

The Dramatic Publishing Company. 

CHICAGO. 



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